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I wasn’t sure at first whether I was going to post this but then I thought what the heck you are all parents so can’t be put off by a bit of poo talk.

The story begins over at Auntie C‘s house. I decided to pop over there with Sam for a few minutes as we hadn’t seen her for a while and I wanted to drop off a copy of our new spare key. As usual I hand Sam over to Auntie C for cuddles and she settles into the chair with him. Auntie C has a lovely dog called Max, he’s a white (remember that he’s white) American cocker spaniel and extremely cute and really nice natured and he had come into the room and settled down at Auntie C’s feet.

Then it happened. It was like an air raid siren. The noise from my son’s bottom was nothing like we’d ever heard before but there was no time, Auntie C immediately lifted him up and said that he had leaked on her. But no, worse was still to come. Not only had Samuel’s poo broken out of his clothes, leaked onto Auntie C but also gone onto her (new) wooden floor but managed to splatter Max in the process! The poor dog had poo all over his head.

I of course hadn’t brought Sam’s changing bag with me, typically, as I was only expecting to be five minutes and thought that I’d be safe for a little while before the next nappy. So Auntie C’s daughter rushed into the kitchen and got me a large plastic bag to wrap around my son’s lower half to avoid it getting all over me while I carried him back home.

The picture I will never forget is as I walked out their front door and looked back, apologising for the millionth time, Auntie C was there with a wet sponge in hand cleaning my son’s poo off her (white) dogs face.

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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

NICU – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Sam spent 8 weeks there)
MIDAZOLAM – Samuel’s emergency medicine
JULIA’S HOUSE – Hospice which provides respite and play therapy (and lots of cuddles for Sam)
KETOGENIC DIET – Special diet which can help epilepsy
GASTROSTOMY – This is a button put into the stomach and all feeds and medicines can be given through it
CHLORAL HYDRATE – Medicine Samuel has at bedtime to help him sleep
SATURATION MONITOR (SATS MONITOR) – Used to monitor heart rate and oxygen in the blood
NASOGASTRIC TUBE (NG TUBE) – Tube that goes into the nose and down the throat and feeds and medicines can be given through it